Disabled Breakdancers You Have to See to Believe
These guys not only overcome their disabilities – they take advantage of them and create something new in their art form.
I was just blown away when I watched this video. You have to see it to get how amazing these guys are – it’s disabled guys breakdancing. And kicking butt at it, too. The crowd is going nuts for some of the moves they are pulling off, and seeing these guys maximize their abilities, and make the most of what they have to work with is totally inspiring.
I’ve had a grin on my face all morning since watching this.
You can see the video on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_9rhnn1r4
How Do You Select the Right Wheelchair?
Greg is a quadriplegic who has put a lot of videos up around his disability and how to modify his home and lifestyle to better accommodate his needs. We’ve found a lot of benefit from watching these, and wanted to share this one on how to select a wheelchair, and Greg even demonstrates his standing wheelchair. We hope you find it useful – and if you have any tips or experience you’d be willing to share from your own experiences with choosing wheelchairs, leave a comment! We’d love to hear from you!
The Convenience of a Wheelchair Tray
Need someplace to put a magazine down and read easily? What about having a convenient way to eat inside or outside? If you’ve been looking for something like this, a wheelchair tray might be an amazingly useful accessory for your wheelchair. Easily attached and detached, a wheelchair tray provides a convenient and easy surface for holding anything you want to keep close by. For a paraplegic, quadriplegic, or anyone using a wheelchair, it’s a really useful accessory. In this video, Luc shows some of the benefits he gets from his wheelchair tray.
Easily Getting In and Out of Doors in a Wheelchair
Being able to move through doors with ease, especially into and out of your own home, is crucial for any person in a wheelchair. Needing to rely on someone to open a door for you eliminates one of the most basic freedoms humans crave – the freedom to move around at will. That’s why making sure that your home is accessible and set up to allow you to get in and out of doors easily is so crucial if you’re using a wheelchair.
Luc shows how his home is set up with both an automatic front door and special handles on sliding glass doors that he, as a quadriplegic, can open easily. If you have any tips about what works for you in your home we’d love to hear what you have to share too!
Using a Standing Wheelchair at a Bar!
One of our favorite features of a standing wheelchair is (obviously) that it can stand but even better is that through standing you have the ability to interact on a face-to-face level with others who are standing. As a disabled person, anything that you can do that can normalize your ability to connect with others can be a huge benefit to your confidence and self-esteem.
So, for fun, we decided to head to a bar and have Luc stand up and order his drinks right at the bar. It’s a little loud, but it does show you one of the really cool benefits of a standing wheelchair.
We also have some related posts:
Video of the Benefits of Using a Standing Wheelchair.
Our full story on getting your body ready for, and then using a standing wheelchair as a quadriplegic.
Wheelchair Accessible Bathroom Modification for a Quadriplegic
Here’s a tip we found on how to modify your bathroom to give greater access to you as a person with a physical disability using a wheelchair.
Using Velcro With Remotes
This is an ingenious idea – use velcro on your wheelchair and on remotes to keep you from dropping the remotes. It really works amazingly well!
Hiding a Wheelchair Chest Strap
If you need a chest strap to hold you upper torso in your wheelchair, you probably know that visually it can be one of the first things people notice when they meet you. In this video, Luc shows us how he is able to hide the chest strap effectively while still keeping it completely functional.
Video on Using an Electric Leg Bag Emptier
In this video Luc talks about the benefits of using an automatic, electric leg bag emptier and the difference it has made in his personal freedom and his health. Thanks to the electric leg bag emptier, he can drink as much as he wants without having to worry whether someone will be available to empty his leg bag when it gets full. And urinary track infections have become a distant memory.
You might also want to look at our previous story on using an electric leg bag emptier.
Video on the Benefits of Using a Standing Wheelchair
Ever thought about the kind of difference a standing wheelchair could make in you life? Luc shows us some of the many benefits he has gotten out of his standing wheelchair and why he feels like he wouldn’t even want to do without one.
We also have a story on the use of a standing wheelchair, how to transition into one, and the benefits you can get from using one. Using a Standing Wheelchair as a Quadriplegic.
